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Today's Linkster #50 · NBA

Jayson Tatum to Jamal Murray

On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, everyone playing the NBA Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Jayson Tatum to Jamal Murray in as few links as possible. Par was 2, counted through colleges and draft classes, but any shared college, jersey number, team or draft class counted as a move.

The two players

  • Jayson Tatum (F, 2018–2026) College: Duke. Team: Boston Celtics. Number: #0. Drafted: 2017.
  • Jamal Murray (G, 2017–2026) College: Kentucky. Team: Denver Nuggets. Number: #27. Drafted: 2016.

Seasons 2017–2026. Jersey numbers and teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

4 players solved it on the day (1 more gave up). 4 matched par. The winning run was tylerfreaon's: 2 moves in 0:19.8.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through colleges and draft classes alone it takes 2, which is par:

  1. Jayson Tatum
  2. 2017 Draft Bam Adebayo
  3. Kentucky Jamal Murray

No other kind of link made it any shorter.